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I SOLE PLATE P03 BOOTS AND SHOES. A No. 290,155. Patented Dec. 11, 1 883.

, v INVENTOR I v fiztl'fclmzzhzan n. M1 1 v h ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. FREDRIGK WELLMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AUGUST VOROK, OF SAME PLACE.

SOLE-PLATE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,155, dated December 11, 1883.

Application filed October 18, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIOKWELLMANN, a citizen of Germany, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sole-Plates for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved sole-plate for boots and shoes, to which end it consists in the novel construction hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a shoe containing my invention. Fig. 2is an inverted plan view thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A d esignates the body of the plate, which is formed of sheet metal substantially to the shape or outline of the sole B of a boot or shoe. 0 indicates the flange of the plate. This flange is formed on the edge of the plate, so that when the latter is put in place the flange hugs the edge of the sole, and it being madeof a height substantially equal to'the width of the sole, a superior protection is thereby afforded to the sole against moisture, while the flange also assists in holding the plate in position. In the body of the sole-plate are formed holes D--in this example three in number which o serve to receive suitable screws or nails for fastening the plate to the sole. In the body of the plate are also formed numerous indentations, s, for imparting to the plate'a roughened surface, and, in orderto give permanence 3 5 to these indentations, they are filled with lead or other suitable material, as shown in Fig. 3, which is a cross-section of the plate on alarger scale than in the preceding figures, the lead,

when such is used, being poured into the ind dentations in a molten state.

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' A sole-plate for boots and shoes, having its body providedwith indentations which are 45 

